World War I Today follows the centennial of WWI, with day-by-day events and images, period maps, postcards, and photographs, a timeline and history of the Great War, its events, people, places, and technology.
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The First World War raged from 1914 to 1918 in muddy, bloody trenches of western Europe, saw the introduction of the machine gun and poison gas into battle. Learn more about the major battles and figures of the Great War, as well as its impact on cultura
World War I Timeline: Lesson for Kids Instructor David Wilson David has taught college history and holds an MA in history. Cite this lesson The First World War has influenced history and politics for roughly one hundred years. Over forty different nations fought in Europe, Asia, and Africa...
World War I Timeline: 1914, The War Begins By Robert Wilde 03 of 06 1916 Heritage Images/Getty Images By 1916, the two sides were largely stalemated, fortified in mile after mile of trenches. On Feb. 21, German troops launched an offensive that would become the longest and bloodiest of ...
Use this Timeline of World War I to find out how the war played out—from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the armistice in 1918.
World War I Battles: Timeline For four years, from 1914 to 1918, World War I raged across Europe’s western and eastern fronts after growing tensions and then the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ignited the war. Trench warfare and the early use of tanks, submarines and ...
World War 1 TimelineCauses of World War 1The first world war began in August 1914. It was directly triggered by the assassination of the Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, on 28th June 1914 by Bosnian revolutionary, Gavrilo Princip. This event was, however, simply the trigger...
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January 31, 1915- Poison gas is used for the first time in the war as Germans on the Eastern Front attack Russian positions west of Warsaw. Although the Germans fire 18,000 gas shells, they have little effect on the Russians as frigid temperatures prevent the gas from vaporizing. ...